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Centro Universitário de Itajubá

In research, Centro Universitário de Itajubá stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,701 of 16,688 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,192 of 14,833 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,455 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

World rank, 2022-now
#15,430
of 22,385 · #8,537 all time
Rank in Brazil
#556
of 684
Research works
639
▼ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
2.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%

What is Centro Universitário de Itajubá known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #7,701 of 16,688 2.7%196
Social SciencesDomain #7,192 of 14,833 2.6%229
MedicineField #7,455 of 14,558 2.1%138
Physical SciencesDomain #11,134 of 17,446 4.3%129
Social SciencesField #6,002 of 9,330 2.8%130

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Centro Universitário de Itajubá sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Centro Universitário de Itajubá work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Centro Universitário de Itajubá is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (15%), Health Professions (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 43 fractional works · 42.1% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 29.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 10.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 31.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 15.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 19.1% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 6.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCentroUniversitário de…103fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences42%Social Sciences32%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3029.4%
    2. Health Professions1110.7%
    3. Dentistry11.0%
    4. Veterinary10.7%
    5. Nursing00.3%
    1. Social Sciences1515.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting65.8%
    3. Psychology54.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.9%
    5. Decision Sciences21.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities11.1%
    1. Engineering76.8%
    2. Environmental Science55.2%
    3. Computer Science43.9%
    4. Materials Science10.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    6. Mathematics10.7%
    7. Energy00.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    4. Neuroscience11.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.17× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.07× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.53× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.97× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.81× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.84× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.62× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.97×1 works
  2. Health Professions4.07×11 works
  3. Dentistry2.17×1 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.84×2 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.81×6 works
  6. Psychology1.62×5 works
  7. Medicine1.53×30 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.36×3 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.23×1 works
  10. Social Sciences1.18×15 works
  11. Environmental Science1.04×5 works
  12. Neuroscience0.73×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.55×1 works
  14. Nursing0.55×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.54×3 works
  16. Computer Science0.51×4 works
  17. Engineering0.45×7 works
  18. Energy0.44×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.40×2 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.39×1 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.31×0 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.31×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.27×1 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  26. Chemistry0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Centro Universitário de Itajubá?

Ranked on the quality score, Luciano Magalhães Vitorino, Anna Gabriela Silva Vilela Ribeiro and Jasiele Aparecida de Oliveira Silva lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centro Universitário de Itajubá.

  1. 1 Luciano Magalhães Vitorino Brazil · #1,705,936 worldwide 2.6k citations · 113 works
  2. 2 Anna Gabriela Silva Vilela Ribeiro Brazil · #3,985,082 worldwide 191 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Jasiele Aparecida de Oliveira Silva Brazil · #4,103,559 worldwide 111 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Fábio Luís Figueiredo Fernandes Brazil · #4,574,737 worldwide 10 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 José Jonas de Oliveira Brazil · #4,607,862 worldwide 151 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Maria Vilela Pinto Nakasu Brazil · #4,717,029 worldwide 50 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Leopoldo Uberto Ribeiro Brazil · #4,796,478 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Ivandira Anselmo Ribeiro Simões Brazil · #4,807,560 worldwide 36 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Aldaí­za Ferreira Antunes Fortes Brazil · #4,917,484 worldwide 13 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Alexandre de Souza e Silva Brazil · #5,026,262 worldwide 200 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Centro Universitário de Itajubá

What are the most cited papers from Centro Universitário de Itajubá?

The most cited paper from Centro Universitário de Itajubá is "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (Simon I Hay et al., 2025), with 762 citations. Next come "Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (500) and "The association between spirituality and religiousness and mental health" (163).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
2 Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Mohsen Naghavi et al. · The Lancet Open access2,463 authors Oct 2025 500
3 The association between spirituality and religiousness and mental health Luciano Magalhães Vitorino, Giancarlo Lucchetti, Frederico Camelo Leão et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 16 Nov 2018 163
4 Protection against Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Induced by Recombinant Antigens in Murine and Nonhuman Primate Models of the Human Disease Antonio Campos‐Neto, Renato Porrozzi, Kay Greeson et al. · Infection and Immunity Open access Jun 2001 159
5 Hyperbranched polyglycerol electrospun nanofibers for wound dressing applications Eunice Vargas-Viveros, N.C. do Vale Baracho, Jorge de Almeida Brito et al. · Acta Biomaterialia 28 Sep 2009 158
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Centro Universitário de Itajubá?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Public Health, Mental Health, Social Determinants, Healthcare Access, Health Policy and Social Support.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology11▲ 2.7×40 topics
  2. Quality of Life10▲ 6.5×22 topics
  3. Public Health7▲ 4.9×11 topics
  4. Mental Health6▲ 4.1×13 topics
  5. Sustainability5▲ 1.92×14 topics
  6. Healthcare4▲ 3.5×7 topics
  7. Educational Technology4▲ 3.3×7 topics
  8. Social Support4▲ 6.4×5 topics
  9. Healthcare Access4▲ 13×5 topics
  10. Social Determinants4▲ 17×5 topics
  11. Health Policy3▲ 21×2 topics
  12. Sustainable Development3▲ 2.1×7 topics
  13. Risk Factors3▲ 2.9×13 topics
  14. Online Learning3▲ 3.6×5 topics
  15. Drug Resistance3▲ 9.7×6 topics
  16. Knowledge Management3▲ 4.7×4 topics
  17. Pandemic3▲ 2.5×6 topics
  18. Psychological Impact3▲ 8.0×4 topics
  19. Aging Population2▲ 28×3 topics
  20. Public Policy2▲ 5.2×6 topics
  21. Infection Control2▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Chronic Diseases2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  23. Corporate Governance2▲ 3.1×3 topics
  24. Gender Differences2▲ 5.9×6 topics
  25. Patient Safety2▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Global Burden2▲ 3.9×7 topics
  27. Health2▲ 5.3×3 topics
  28. Healthcare Regulation2▲ 21×1 topic
  29. Medical Devices2▲ 85×1 topic
  30. Primary Care2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  31. Anxiety2▲ 3.9×6 topics
  32. Smart Library2▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Maternal Health2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  34. Educational Policy2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  35. Health Inequalities2▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Infertility2▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Financial Reporting1▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Marketing Strategies1▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Social Integration1▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Spirituality1▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Centro Universitário de Itajubá publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare Regulation, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic, Academic Research in Diverse Fields and Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance.

  1. 1 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 2 works
  2. 2 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 2 works
  3. 3 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 1 works
  4. 4 Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance Accounting 1 works
  5. 5 Public Health in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Financial Markets and Investment Strategies Finance 1 works
  7. 7 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  8. 8 Aging, Health, and Disability Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 1 works
  10. 10 Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare General Health Professions 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available43.0%not open57.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centro Universitário de Itajubá's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Centro Universitário de Itajubá as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00042% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Centro Universitário de Itajubá0.00037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Centro Universitário de Itajubá over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Centro Universitário de Itajubá6.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 6.5% in 2025.

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